Richard,
I don't know if this is of any use. Interesting reading, anyway. A lot of apps seem to break these specs.
Design Specifications and Guidelines - Integrating with the System http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwue/html/ch11d.asp
Then click: Installation (covers uninstalling)
Pat
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Gaskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "How to use Revolution" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 10:19 AM
Subject: [OT] Win convention question
On a Mac, you customarily install an app by dragging the app or a folder from a DMG to your drive. Uninstalling means simply dragging it to the trach, and any preferences files are left behind.
On Windows I use Wise Install to copy the app into its own folder in /Program Files/, and when the app is run it puts its prefs data in a folder within the user's Documents and Settings folder.
Historically I've treated everything in the Documents and Settings folder as belonging to the user, and do not bother with uninstalling. Moreover, on multi-user systems I may not know where to find all of the user Documents and Settings folders for everyone who may have run the app.
So what is the normal convention for uninstall on Win XP?
Should I:
a) leave prefs in the user's Documents and Settings files as is common with files in the Mac's Preferences folder?
b) Delete only the prefs data in the current user's Documents and Settings folder?
c) Attempt to delete prefs from the Documents and Settings folders for all users on the computer?
Extra bonus points for Win HIG verse and chapter; I couldn't find the section on how to handle such things.
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Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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